Feretory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A receptacle that houses relics of saints.

    "His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar."

  2. 2
    An area of a church where relics are kept.

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reliquaryreliquary

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"His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar."

Etymology

From Middle English feretory, fertre, feretre, et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum (“bier, funeral litter”), from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “I carry”). Doublet of feretrum.

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